| 岱縣人為功曹小吏語 何氏姓苑 九百小吏萬功曹。 The official’s last name is nine hundred, and Gongcao’s last name is ten thousand. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 蓬州父老為吳幾復歌 萬姓統譜 使君來兮﹑父母鞠我。禮化行兮﹑民無寒餓。 使君去兮﹑不可復留。人意悵悵兮﹑淚雙墮。 Wu Jifu had a great achievement and benefited his people when he was an official in Pengzhou. When he left, local people felt very sorrow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 應劭引里語 漢官儀 任智不正車生咀。 Holding a post should be justice and competent for the duty. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 應劭引里諺 漢官儀逸文 仕宦不止﹑車生耳。 Officials should accumulate merits, then their authorities can last long. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為石抱忠劉奇張詢古許子儒語 御史臺記逸文 有錢石下好。無錢劉下好。士大夫張下好。 碩學師劉子。儒生用與言。 今年柿子屏遭霜。為語石榴須早摘。 The persimmons are injured by frost this year, so the pomegranates should be picked up early. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 湖蘇二郡人為牧掾語 衣冠盛事 湖接兩頭。蘇連三尾。 Two counties located in Huzhou are neighboring and two men coming from these two counties passed the highest imperial exam at the same time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 河清縣軍民為王元規歌 州縣提綱 第一奇。民吏不識縣兒。 The biggest surprise in the county is that common people do not know the son of the magistrate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 呂居仁引諺論勤 官箴 勞心不如勞力。 To labor mentally is rather harder than to labor physically. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 呂居仁引諺論忍 官箴 忍事敵災星。 Tolerance is the rival of fight. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 胡大初引諺 晝簾緒論 捉賊須捉贓。捉姦須捉雙。 To catch the bandit should catch the booty; To catch the adultery should catch the couple. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 賀嶠妻于氏引鄙諺 通典 黃雞生卵。烏雞伏之。但知為烏雞之子。不知為黃雞之兒。 Yellow hen lays eggs and black chick hatches. Metaphor: People only cares the result without knowing the origin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 鸚鵡谷水世語 唐會要 此水清。天下平。The great harvest, and clear water in the valley are the sign of peaceful, flourishing age.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 左史諺 唐會要 螭頭有水。 It is good time to mix prepared Chinese ink using the water dripped in the hornless dragon stages. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 淮人為徐協功許子中胡與可語 建炎以來朝野雜記 徐協恭。許子中。胡元功。三人鼎足說脫空。 Xu Xiegong, Xu Zizhong and Hu Yuangong are powerful to arrange fields in south and north Huai river. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 澠水諺 通志 瘦馬不渡澠水。Tired horse can not pass Mian river because it’s current is rather rapid. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為張敞語 通志 毆君馬者路旁兒。 It is not unusual to kill the certain official’s horse, because the official does not have serious and powerful appearance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 淳熙中梁宋間語 文獻通考 黃河災。天水來。 The Yellow river is flooding, the Tianshui’s are coming. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 淳熙末莎衣道人歌 文獻通考 胡孫死。鬧啾啾。也須還我一百州。 The feudal princes fought each other after the King died, but the persons of integrity hoped the country peaceful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 廣明初都人語 文獻通考 黃賊打黑賊。 Since Huangchao came into the capital the common people lived on yellow rice and black beans. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 北人為巍王諺 文獻通考 寧違敕旨。無違魏王白帖子。People would rather disobey imperial orders than violate the king of Wei guo’s meaningless documents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 兩淮民為范【璁】歌 兩淮鹽法志 鹽政奚廢公未逢。鹽政奚興逢我公。 范來早。我人飽。范來遲。我人飢。 If Fan, who was in charge of south and north Huai river areas, assumed office early then the common people would not be suffered from hungry. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 戚繼光引諺論人心 練兵實記 皇天不負好心人。皇天不負苦心人。 Heaven never lets hardworkers and kind-hearted people down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 戚繼光引諺論死生 練兵實記 人是苦蟲。 No one does not love life; No one does not fear death. However both life and death are controled by the God. There is a time for everything -- A time to be born and a time to die. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 戚繼光引諺三則論貨利 練兵實記 朱門生餓殍。白屋出公卿。 兒孫自有兒孫福。 天不生無祿之人。 People born in rich family may die of famine; People born in common family may become the highest-rank official; Children have their own good furtunes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 戚繼光引東南謠語論兵患 練兵實記 賊是木梳。兵是竹篦。 Theives are like comb; Soliders are like double-edged comb who rob all kinds of things without anything left. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 戚繼光引俗語論奉承 練兵實記 馬上房子。 Some people are good at flattering the superior, but the words they said are against their own consciences. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 湯若望引諺 則克錄 寶劍必付烈士。奇方必須良醫。 A double-edged sword should give the valiant ; An rare prescription must come from good doctor. |
